Boston University

By Alison Go - The Paper Trail - December 10, 2008

A judge agrees that school could not accurately identify students' identities behind IP addresses. more >>

Harvard Law Prof Takes on the RIAA

By Alison Go - The Paper Trail - November 6, 2008

Charles Nesson files counterclaim on behalf of Boston University student. more >>

Texas A&M, BU, and Vanderbilt Expand Their Aid Programs

By Kim Clark - College Cash 101 - October 10, 2008

The increased financial aid helps families, but the schools are challenged to raise the extra money. more >>

St. Louis Sees Jump in Chinese Freshman Enrollment

By Alison Go - The Paper Trail - August 22, 2008

With better recruiting and the weak dollar, other schools also see increases in international students. more >>

Dubai Recruits American Medical Leaders

By Kevin Whitelaw - Nation & World - June 5, 2008

Harvard and the Mayo Clinic are among the big-name institutions locating in Healthcare City. more >>

The Undie Run Epidemic

By Alison Go - The Paper Trail - February 1, 2008

At least three more schools think it's a good idea to organize a large mass of people to run around half-naked. more >>

Like "Thriller," But With Activists

By Alison Go - The Paper Trail - November 8, 2007

Students dress as zombies to protest Boston University biolab. more >>

BU Student: "I Had to Kill to Get Here"

The Paper Trail - December 14, 2006

Now that one Boston University student, who spent years after high school in the Marine Corps because he could not afford college, has left Iraq, collected the Marines' $80,000 stipend, and enrolled in a four-year university, he does not intend to mess around. "I really want this," he told the Daily Free Press. more >>

BU Athletes Portrayed as Victims Maybe Not So Innocent

The Paper Trail - December 5, 2006

Yesterday, the Daily Free Press described a weekend fight that landed two Boston University men's ice hockey players in the hospital and two other athletes injured as completely unprovoked. Later that night, the men's ice hockey coach told the paper a different story: the fight "was not a random attack," but the follow-up to a "prior scuffle". more >>

Flight With a Beauty Queen Inspires Business Plan for BU Grad

The Paper Trail - November 27, 2006

College students are among the customers of a new online dating service called AirTroductions, which matches up customers with compatible seating partners during air travel. The business's founder, a Boston University College of Communications graduate, tells the Daily Free Press he got the idea after sitting next to Miss Texas in 2002. more >>

Are You at Least 25-percent Caucasian? B.U. College Republicans Have $250 for You

The Paper Trail - November 22, 2006

Copying a move that won a student group at Roger Williams University national media attention two years ago, the College Republicans at Boston University have made a call for applications to their "Caucasian Achievement and Recognition Scholarship." The winning student, who must be at least 25 percent Caucasian, will get $250. more >>